Although the terms “blending” and “shading” often are interchanged, there is a difference. You can blend colors without shading, but you cannot shade an object without blending colors. Last month, I provided information on blending with thread (see “The Art of...
Great Dane Graphics, Mandeville, La., is offering the Stahls’ ID CutUps Occupations Pack. This new vector graphics clip art package includes a CD of 150 images that are specially designed to cut and weed easily, according to the company. Occupation artwork themes...
WebtoprintX, a new open-source web-to-print software application, can be added to screen printers’ websites, allowing customers to create their own designs. The application is built on open-source tools, such as ImageMagick, JavaScript and PHP, and will run in...
Where do you think you can improve when it comes to your embroidery’s quality? Chances are good that you can correct many bothersome issues simply by using your shop’s embroidery software system. For this article, you’ll notice that many of the discussed settings are...
In response to the horrific bombings last week at the Boston Marathon, a new website has been formed to sell T-shirts, with all proceeds going to two organizations that provide prosthetics to people in need. Developed by award-winning screen printer Rick Roth of...
Imprinted Sportswear Shows (ISS), in collaboration with Impressions, will once again provide education to hundreds of screen printers, embroiderers, promotional consultants, digital decorators and others throughout this upcoming year. Interested in speaking at...
Ink to the People, Milwaukee, will make a donation to a Boston charity due to sales of T-shirts designed to raise donations to help those affected by the April 15 bombing incident at the Boston Marathon. Within hours of the incident, which devastated and disrupted the...
Brother Intl. Corp., Bridgewater, N.J., currently is offering free upgrades to GraffixPro Studio T-shirt design software. The upgraded version, GraffixPro Studio Version 2, includes six updated features: images of a platen template for printing on hard substrates;...
Stahls’ ID Direct, St. Clair Shores, Mich., has announced a special offer on its precut Glitter Flake letters for April. From now through May 15, customers who buy two precut Glitter Flake letter kits can get one kit free, which equals savings of up to $94. Stocking...
M&R, Glen Ellyn, Ill., will attempt to set a new world record for shirts printed in one hour by a single operator at FESPA 2013, which will be held June 25-29 in London, England. The attempt will take place June 28 at 2 p.m. in booth J30N. The press operator will...
The Imprinted Sportswear Shows (ISS) made its spring stop last week in Orlando, where thousands of attendees enjoyed seeing new products, networking with their peers and industry executives, and attending the comprehensive conference program. In addition to the...
Whenever I receive calls from customers who tell me our inks are not performing as expected, I ask them questions to troubleshoot the problem. I usually find that the ink has not been cured properly during the printing process. However, I occasionally find that the...
